John Lennon’s “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” returns as a holiday favorite, earning a top 10 debut on a major sales tally ...

With a music catalog as extensive as John Lennon’s, it may be a matter of opinion to some fans which of his songs is most iconic. However, based on streaming data, it’s clear that his 1971 track ...

John Lennon had a knack for stand-alone Top 40 songs. As the following countdown shows, five of his 14 trips to Billboard’s main singles chart weren’t originally part of any original album. Included ...

Chuck Berry’s influence on Lennon, and The Beatles, was undeniable. Take “Come Together,” the song borrows the lyric “Here ...

A ranked look back at John Lennon's multi-platinum international chart-topping 'Double Fantasy,' released on Nov. 17, 1980.

There's a reason that New York University is a perennial honoree on Billboard's Top Music Business Schools list each year: ...

One of those moments happened when Paul McCartney was writing a song that would go on to top the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart ...

John Lennon only issued seven solo albums in the 10 years after the Beatles broke up. The posthumously released Milk and Honey and Menlove Ave. made for a total of nine. With such a small sample size, ...

We tend to focus on the beginning and end of John Lennon’s solo career, but there are a couple of fascinating albums of original songs he released in between that deserve closer scrutiny. From one of ...

Lennon’s lyrics for “Whatever Gets You Thru the Night,” were inspired by late-night TV channel surfing while he lived with his girlfriend May Pang during his 18-month separation from Yoko Ono in 1973, ...

John Lennon didn’t always like Paul McCartney’s songs, but he praised one of Paul’s solo hits from the early 1980s. Sadly, the track John liked sounds like it was performed by Kermit the Frog.